Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. State
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. (Bond, J.) The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court. The following are the granted prayers of the plaintiff and of the defendants, which are inserted by the direction of the Court: Pltff/s 2d Prayer—If Thomas J. Carey was employed by the defendant, the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company to work on its pole located in the alley in the rear of T30 Augusta Avenue in the City of Baltimore, and if said O. & P. T. Co.…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City. (Bond, J.) The facts are stated in the opinion of the Court. The following are the granted prayers of the plaintiff and of the defendants, which are inserted by the direction of the Court: Pltff/s 2d Prayer—If Thomas J. Carey was employed by the defendant, the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company to work on its pole located in the alley in the rear of T30 Augusta Avenue in the City of Baltimore, and if said O. & P. T. Co. granted to the Patapsco Electric & Manufacturing Co. the use of its said pole, or permitted said use, then it was the…
1Opinion of the CourtBriscoe, J.
This suit was brought in the Superior Court of Baltimore City by the plaintiff, for the use of the widow and the infant child of Thomas J. Carey against the defendants, bodies corporate, to recover damages for his death caused by the alleged negligence of the defendants, while he was in their employment, as a telephone lineman. The plaintiff recovered a judgment of ten thousand dollars against both companies and the defendants have appealed.
The principal questions arising on the appeal are, whether the accident was caused by such negligence of the defendant corporations, as entitles the…
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